Cooking for Life™
The School
The first identifiable meal cooked on a fire spit in what is now Israel dates back 780,000 years.
What is different for a cook, one who prepares the meal, today versus a cook cooking for a tribe, family, group three quarters of a million years ago.
Not Much.
We still need ingredients, tools and techniques to prepare our meals. At the Cooking for Life School we explore, embrace and master the ingredients, the tools and the techniques needed so you can be the creative cook in your world.
How and where we get our ingredients as well as the tools and techniques used to are different. the dishes we make vary, but what we need to sustain a healthy life is very similar.
We have been gathering and shopping for ingredients,
using tools and techniques, and presenting
dishes to our close ones for nearly 1 million years.
Whether we make it survival, pleasure, social events, school lunches or all of the above,
It’s Cooking for Life.
Courses
Today’s Special Story
Ingredients
In the core ingredients, we explore flavor, texture, substitutions, sourcing and seasonal considerations of the ingredients to enable you to make the foods with the flair you love.
Tools
Which tool should I use? There are so many tools are available these days, but which are best for you and how you want to enjoy preparing food.
Techniques & Tips
Techniques are the backbone to preparing dishes. Learning just a few techniques like braising and sautéing enable us to prepare a plethora of dishes with different ingredients and flavor bases.
The Dish
The dish is the result of all our choices in ingredients, techniques and presentation. Appetizers, sandwiches, salads, soups, main dishes and deserts.
Presentation
Presentation is how the food we create is delivered. It can be organized in a lunch bag, made for a picnic or plated with thoughtful garnishes!
Visiting Creative
Visiting creatives from many walks of life will make appearances to share their artistry, skill sets and viewpoints! Farmers, athletes, home-cooks and so much more.
The Cooking Space
Exploring the space we have to create the foods we love. Not all kitchens are created equal, but we can make the best of even the smallest or even a camping setting to improve our experience.
Cooking for Life™
The Creative Improvisational Cook
Becoming a creative improvisational cook comes with understanding the ingredients, tools, techniques which gives us the freedom to cook with joy.
Cooking for Life™
Life in the Kitchen
In the Kitchen
Prep
The Place to Start
Cooking Surfaces
Knives and Cutting Surfaces
Use What is Available
Tool Focus
The Mandolin
Technique Focus
Coring a Jalapeno using a peeler
Tool Focus
The Mortar
Plating and Presentaion
Hors d’oeuvre
Ingredients, Technique, and Presentation
Table Techniques
The Oven
Tips and Techniques.
